Reader Ballot for the 3rd Annual Cale Awards

Reader Ballot for the 3rd Annual Cale Awards

Instructions:

1. Place an "x" next to the candidate of your choice for each category.

2. If a candidate does not suit your taste, feel free to place an "x" in the blank space, and write in your nomination for that category.

3. When you are finished, send this back to Cale via Myspace, or copy the whole thing into your email and mail it to audiooverflow@gmail.com

4. The results will be posted at www.audiooverflow.com on December 31, 2006. So keep an eye out for them!

UPDATE: Keep in mind, that the nominations that are listed are MY nominations as of November 10, 2006. Your nominations may be different, that is why there is a write-in for each category. Please write-in a nomination if none of the available choices suit your tastes. Additionally, if you'd like to make comments regarding your nomination, please do so on the side.

There's no need to rush. If you're waiting for an album to come out, so you can give it a listen, by all means wait! Personally, I'm waiting on the new Incubus album, "Light Grenades."

Your Name:

Best Album – Beyond all else, this album is your absolute favorite of 2006!
[ ] The Streets: “The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living”
[ ] The Decemberists: “The Crane Wife”
[ ] Cursive: “Happy Hollow”
[ ] The Flaming Lips: “At War with the Mystics”
[ ] Zero 7: “The Garden”
[ ]

Best New Artist – They released their first full-length album this year, and were the best new artist around!
[ ] Headlights
[ ] My Brightest Diamond
[ ] Thom Yorke
[ ] I’m From Barcelona
[ ] The Pipettes
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Best Male Performance – This was, by far, the best album released by a male solo-artist.
[ ] Thom Yorke: “The Eraser”
[ ] Bonnie “Prince” Billy: “The Letting Go”
[ ] The Divine Comedy: “Victory for the Comic Muse”
[ ] Destroyer: “Destroyer’s Rubies”
[ ] Sufjan Stevens: “The Avalanche”
[ ]

Best Female Performance – This was, by far, the best album released by a female solo-artist.
[ ] Emily Haines: “Knives Don’t Have Your Back”
[ ] Neko Case: “Fox Confessor Brings the Flood”
[ ] Sia: “Colour the Small One”
[ ] My Brightest Diamond: “Bring Me the Workhorse”
[ ] Joanna Newsom: “Ys”
[ ]

Best Band of 2006 – This band defined the year of 2006 in their music. Years from now, you will look back on 2006 and think of this one band.
[ ] The Hold Steady
[ ] Gnarls Barkley
[ ] Cursive
[ ] The Flaming Lips
[ ] Incubus
[ ]

Best Hip Hop Album – Hip hop may not be your thing, but you have to give it up for this album!
[ ] Outkast: “Idlewild”
[ ] K-Os: “Atlantis: Hymns for Disco”
[ ] The Streets: “The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living”
[ ] Jedi Mind Tricks: “Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell”
[ ] Lupe Fiasco: “Food and Liquor”
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Best Rock Album – Indie, Mainstream, or Metal, it doesn’t matter. This album rocked your balls off like no other album this year!
[ ] Cursive: “Happy Hollow”
[ ] Mastodon: “Blood Mountain”
[ ] The Killers: “Sam’s Town”
[ ] Muse: “Black Holes and Revelations”
[ ] The Mars Volta: “Amputechture”
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Best Indie Album – This was the best album, not released on a major record label.
[ ] The Elected: “Sun, Sun, Sun”
[ ] My Brightest Diamond: “Bring Me the Workhorse”
[ ] Cursive: “Happy Hollow”
[ ] Mates of State: “Bring it Back”
[ ] The Dears: “Gang of Losers”
[ ]

Best Pop Album – It was fun, catchy, and instantly enjoyable….and it still is!
[ ] Zero 7: “The Garden”
[ ] Mates of State: “Bring it Back”
[ ] Tilly and the Wall: “Bottoms of Barrels”
[ ] I’m From Barcelona: “Let Me Introduce you to my Friends”
[ ] The Pipettes: “We Are the Pipettes”
[ ]

Most Surprising Album – Wow, this album was complete different than I expected…in a good way!
[ ] The Flaming Lips: “At War with the Mystics”
[ ] My Brightest Diamond: “Bring Me the Workhorse”
[ ] The Elected: “Sun, Sun, Sun”
[ ] The Streets: “The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living”
[ ] Joanna Newsom: “Ys”
[ ]

Most Disappointing Album – Wow, this album was completely different than I expected…in a bad way!
[ ] Jenny Lewis: “Rabbit Fur Coat”
[ ] Muse: “Black Holes and Revelations”
[ ] The Mars Volta: “Amputechture”
[ ] Keane: “Under the Iron Sea”
[ ] Tool: “10,000 Days”
[ ]

Most Overrated Album – The reviews said it was great, but you disagree wholeheartedly!
[ ] Pearl Jam: “Pearl Jam”
[ ] TV on the Radio: “Return From Cookie Mountain”
[ ] Camera Obscura: “Let’s Get Out of this Country”
[ ] Cat Power: “The Greatest”
[ ] Jenny Lewis: “Rabbit Fur Coat”
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Most Overrated Artist – You can’t believe all the positive hype regarding this artist. They’re not the worst, but there’s soooo much better out there.
[ ] Xiu Xiu
[ ] TV on the Radio
[ ] The Raconteurs
[ ] Red Hot Chili Peppers
[ ] The Dresden Dolls
[ ]

Best Song – This was, by far, your favorite song of 2006!
[ ] “Yeah Yeah Yeah Song” by The Flaming Lips, from the album “At War With the Mystics”
[ ] “Punchlines” by Mates of State, from the album “Bring It Back”
[ ] “Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken” by Camera Obscura, from the album ‘Let’s Get Out of this Country”
[ ] “Fireflies In a Steel Mill” by The Elected, from the album “Sun, Sun, Sun”
[ ] “Ballad of Humankindness” by The Dears, from the album “Gang of Losers”
[ ]

Worst Album – Hands down, the worst album I heard this year!
[ ] TV on the Radio: “Return to Cookie Mountain”
[ ] Paris Hilton: “Paris”
[ ] John Mayer: “Continuum”
[ ] Amy Milan: “Honey From the Tombs”
[ ] Justin Timberlake: “Futuresex/Lovesounds”
[ ]

Worst Song – You heard this song, and it made you cringe. The worst song of 2006!
[ ] “Turn It Up” by Paris Hilton, from the album “Paris”
[ ] “Is It any Wonder?” by Keane, from the album “Under the Iron Sea”
[ ] “Rabbit Fur Coat” by Jenny Lewis, from the album “Rabbit Fur Coat”
[ ] “Tetragrammaton” by The Mars Volta, from the album “Amputechture”
[ ] “Waiting on the World to Change” by John Mayer, from the album “Continuum”
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Worst New Artist – The world would be a better place had they not decided to make music.
[ ] Hellogoodbye
[ ] Paris Hilton
[ ] Hinder
[ ] Jenny Lewis
[ ] Fergie
[ ]

Best Live Act – You saw this artist live, and it blew you away!
[ ] Of Montreal
[ ] Soft Light Masquerade
[ ] Cursive
[ ] Sufjan Stevens
[ ] The Flaming Lips
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That's it! Please send in your votes, so that I can tabulate them. And pass this one along to your friends. Peace out!

--Cale